It's all about family in Crete. Expect to find families welcomed everywhere, even at late-night dinners! It's a family paradise here, whether your clan is into outdoorsy active fun, learning about history&...
If you’re heading off for a Sicily villa holiday with a group of your nearest and dearest, you’re going to need some awesome days planned out. This unique island has history in spades, with ruins around every t...
Looking for a fabulous holiday spot for your next friends' getaway? The Costa Blanca is actually way more diverse than you might think. Sure, the beaches, nightlife and luxurious holiday villas are all fantasti...
The Family Traveller Awards are just around the corner, and the nominations are in! Not to brag, (much) but we are shortlisted in TWO categories!
Best Multi-Generational Family Holiday
Our family villas a...
Here at Oliver’s Travels, we love food. Aside from going on holiday, our main topic of office chat is what's for dinner. This lead us to think, 'Hey, other people love food too! Let's put together a bunch of th...
Sun, sea and sand is the name of the game in the Costa Blanca, but all those with kids will know you're going to need more than that for a great family holiday. Luckily, there is a whole host of family activiti...
We are thrilled to announce that we just won a Bronze Junior Design Award! It is so wonderful to be recognised in the Best Family Travel Brand category for our brilliant range of family-friendly villas and serv...
Sicily is a picturesque and serene island, that somehow also seems to be full of drama. Choose your own adventure from your luxury villa in Sicily; whether you're all about exploring history, food and...
Two of our team members, Kyra from product and Florence from sales, recently drew the short straw and had to go to Tuscany to check out some of our luxury villas. They don’t know what they did to deserve it, bu...
As far as islands go, Sicily is up there with the best for some seriously interesting kid-friendly stuff. If it’s not enough that your family holiday in Sicily is next to an actual active volcano, or that there...
Our in-house photographer/intrepid explorer, Laeti, recently took a spring trip to visit some of our luxury villas in the Algarve. She’s definitely got a sweet tooth, so we are always treated to a full run-down...
The focus of the Sicilian food is simple, local, seasonal and ages old. Tomatoes, olives and aubergines all play huge roles in the dishes here, and most things you try will feature them heavily, along with the ...
Good things come in threes, and for the third year in a row, we’ve been nominated for a British Travel Award! We’re up for Best Villa/Self Catering Holiday Booking Company, and we’re pretty excit...
Despite some of the tourist hotspots, the islands of Greece are still relatively unknown. We turned to a Cretan local to share the secrets of his beautiful island home. Markos Margiolakis is the manager of many...
Our concierge team get all sorts of requests from you lot. After they’ve advised on what the best property is and got you all booked in for your ideal holiday, they’re happy to help you sort out anything else y...
When visiting a new holiday destination, don't you wish you had someone in the know to whisper the secret spots to you? Puglia is a relatively undiscovered region of Italy, so what better guide than the lo...
Lately we’ve been thinking about the films that make us fall more in love with France every time we watch them. So, in honour of the upcoming Cannes film festival in May, here’s three of our favourite films set...
You'll probably be surprised by the culinary heritage of the Midlands. Not only is the region blessed with beautiful farmland that produces some majestic meats and venerable fruits and vegetables, it's also the...
It seems like not enough credit is given to ferries any more. Back in 1997 over 21 million people used ferry routes to get to their holiday destinations in France or Spain. Now it’s all about budget airlines an...
With surprisingly beautiful countryside to explore and historic, beautiful cities where you'll find museums, art galleries and a wealth of other activities, the Midlands is surprisingly diverse when it comes to...